It’s rare that you come across a cemetery this well-loved. Around here, cemeteries are clean, lawns are watered and mowed regularly, and a caretaker cleans up old grave decorations. But I’ve never seen a cemetery like this one. As soon as I laid eyes on it, I knew that I would get some good pictures, even though I was using my cell phone. I didn’t expect to get a panoramic view that I could use for my header photo, but as you can clearly see, it worked out great. Here’s another panorama:
I don’t think Springville Cemetery always looked this good. I can imagine it overgrown with weeds, and tombstones knocked over and used for target practice by rambunctious kids. Now it is completely fenced and cleaned up, but the oldest tombstones needed rescuing. Some, beyond repair, were rescued anyway:
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